Chapter 1, 2, 3 Summary

Autumn is upon Green Gables in chapter 1. Anne Shirley and Diana have just finished picking apples in the Green Gables orchard and are resting. The two girls discuss weddings, their future and how much they will miss each other. Anne is heading to Redmond to go to college for her BA while Diana is staying in Green Gables. The two girls leave the orchard and go their separate directions when Anne encounters Gilbert.

Anne nervously talks to him and tells him that Priscilla is going to Redmond, too. Gilbert tells her that they will all love Kingsport because it is a lovely place with a good natural park. Anne tells him she must go home and muses about the changes in her relationship to certain boys.

At the house, she finds Davy crying because he missed seeing his twin sister Dora skin her...